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Effect of the weight-loss program using daily self-weighing combined with personalized counseling led by village health volunteers in adults with obesity in a rural community, Thailand: a randomized controlled trial
BackgroundIn a remote rural community in central Thailand, obesity prevalence among adults significantly rose from 33.9% in 2012 to 44.8% in 2018....
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Exploring women’s thoughts on self-weighing during pregnancy: results of the Self-Weighing in Pregnancy: Experiences (SWIPE) study
BackgroundExcess gestational weight gain is common and an important risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Regular weighing can be used to...
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Habits and attitudes about eating and self-weighing among adults who are recovered, recovering, or partially recovered from eating disorders: an open-ended survey study
PurposeThe purpose of this study was to add experiential data from individuals with lived experiences of eating disorder recovery to the existing...
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Self-control and grit: associations with weight management and healthy habits
Weight management requires resisting immediate temptations in one’s environment (self-control) as well as the ability to persevere towards one’s...
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Understanding Primary Care Patients’ Self-weighing Habits: Cohort Analysis from the PaTH Clinical Data Research Network
BackgroundGreater than 60% of adults have overweight or obesity. Self-weighing is an effective weight loss and weight maintenance tool. However,...
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Psychological and behavioral responses to daily weight gain during behavioral weight loss treatment
Self-weighing is consistently associated with more effective weight control. However, patterns show that participants disengage from their weight...
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Seasonal fluctuations in weight and self-weighing behavior among adults in a behavioral weight loss intervention
PurposeThe current study aimed to observe potential seasonal fluctuations in weight and self-weighing behavior among a diverse sample of adults...
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Association of weight and shape concern with weight change and weight-related behaviors in behavioral weight loss treatment
Weight and shape concern (WSC) is a facet of negative body image that is common among individuals with overweight/obesity seeking behavioral weight...
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Do monthly coaching calls influence proximal participant adherence in a behavioral weight loss program?
Participants who receive continued coach contact following behavioral weight loss treatment are more successful in maintaining their weight loss...
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Racial Differences in Psychiatric Symptoms, Maladaptive Eating, and Lifestyle Behaviors After Bariatric Surgery
There are several psychological and behavioral factors associated with poorer outcomes following bariatric surgery, yet it is unknown whether and how...
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Temporal patterns of self-weighing behavior and weight changes assessed by consumer purchased scales in the Health eHeart Study
Self-weighing may promote attainment and maintenance of healthy weight; however, the natural temporal patterns and factors associated with...
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Monitoring compliance to topical therapy in children and young people with uveitis
Background/ObjectivesUveitis in children and young people (CYP) is a rare but potentially debilitating condition. Steroid eye drops are the first...
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Helpful or harmful? The comparative value of self-weighing and calorie counting versus intuitive eating on the eating disorder symptomology of college students
ObjectiveThe current study evaluated the comparative implications of self-weighing and calorie counting versus intuitive eating (IE) on the eating...
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Exploring a framework for demandable services from antenatal to postnatal care: a deep-dive dialogue with mothers, health workers and psychologists
BackgroundOne of the factors affecting quality of care is that clients do not demand care practises during antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care....
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The correlations between food security, diet quality and weight change among working women of reproductive age during the endemic phase of COVID-19
AimThis cross-sectional study aims to investigate the correlations between food security, diet quality and weight change among working women during...
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Weighing psychosocial factors in relatives for the risk of psychopathology: a study of patients with depressive and anxiety disorders and their siblings
PurposeSiblings of probands with depressive and anxiety disorders are at increased risk for psychopathology, but little is known about how risk...
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Feasibility and acceptability of a brief routine weight management intervention for postnatal women embedded within the national child immunisation programme in primary care: randomised controlled cluster feasibility trial
BackgroundThe prevalence of obesity in women continues to rise and pregnancy is a high-risk time for excessive weight gain. The period after...
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Mobile health assisted self-monitoring is acceptable for supporting weight loss in rural men: a pragmatic randomized controlled feasibility trial
BackgroundAddressing overweight and obesity among men at-risk for obesity-related diseases and disability in rural communities is a public health...
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Maternal obesity and depression reported at the first antenatal visit
BackgroundMaternal obesity and depression are common and both have been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.
AimsThe aim of this...
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Ecological factors affecting first-time mothers’ satisfaction with Sanhujoriwons (postpartum care centres) from South Korea: a cross-sectional and correlational study
BackgroundIn South Korea, commercial postpartum care centres, known as Sanhujoriwon s, have emerged as important institutions aiding mothers’...